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[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated and holding his spectacles and pencil (retouched to stand out)]

[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated and holding hi...

Public domain photograph of 19th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The angel of the Lord preventing Abraham from sacrificing Isaac on the Rock Moriah]

[The angel of the Lord preventing Abraham from sacrificing Isaac on th...

Illus. in: Spiegel der Menschlicher Behaltnus, 1495. Reference copy may be in LOT 4444. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, seated]

[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, seated]

Attribution to Brady and date from: Looking for Lincoln: the making of an American icon / Philip B. Kunhardt, III. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008, p. 468. Ostendorf, no. 59 Meserve, no. 67 Published in: Linco... More

[President Abraham Lincoln seated with his secretaries John Hay and John Nicolay]

[President Abraham Lincoln seated with his secretaries John Hay and Jo...

Photo shows President Abraham Lincoln seated between his private secretaries John G. Nicolay and John Hay at a photo session in Alexander Gardner's studio in Washington, D.C., on November 8, 1863. "On this day ... More

[President Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

[President Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Copy negative was made from a photograph in a private collection. Ostendorf, no. 77 Meserve, 59 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p.... More

[President Abraham Lincoln, seated next to a small table, in a reflective pose

[President Abraham Lincoln, seated next to a small table, in a reflect...

Date from: Looking for Lincoln / Philip B. Kunhardt III. NY: Knopf, 2008, p. 468. Ostendorf, no. 60 Meserve, 64 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood... More

[President Abraham Lincoln, full-length portrait, seated and facing front]

[President Abraham Lincoln, full-length portrait, seated and facing fr...

Ostendorf, no. 78 Meserve, 57 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 146. Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 - December 10, 1882) wa... More

[Abraham Lincoln and his son Tad looking at an album of photographs]

[Abraham Lincoln and his son Tad looking at an album of photographs]

Illus. in: The photographs of Abraham Lincoln / Frederick Hill Meserve. New York: Privately printed, 1911, p. 60. Copy of photo taken by Anthony Berger and published by Mathew Brady in Washington, D.C. National... More

[Portrait of President Abraham Lincoln, half-length, seated]

[Portrait of President Abraham Lincoln, half-length, seated]

"A crafty and determined president photographed by Lewis E. Walker, Washington, D.C., about 1863. Observe the almost casual attire, with the unbuttoned coat and the familiar watch chain hanging from the side po... More

Big tent theatre - now playing - Abraham Lincoln, the great commoner

Big tent theatre - now playing - Abraham Lincoln, the great commoner

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation showing a head-and-shoulders portrait of Lincoln. Attributed to Carken. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Abraham Lincoln portrait in the Lincoln room, Blair House, located across from the White House, Washington, D.C.

Abraham Lincoln portrait in the Lincoln room, Blair House, located acr...

Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. The Blair House serves as the President's guest house, and therefore is the guest house of the nation. Built in 1824. Title, date, ... More

John T. Hogeboom to Abraham Lincoln, January 10 [1862]  (Removal of Abraham Meade as a clerk in the New York appraiser's office)
John Sella Martin to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, July 14, 1862  (Tenders his services to the government)
Thomas A. Jenckes to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, December 01, 1860  (Lawyer wants to work for Lincoln Admin.)
John C. Hamilton to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, November 29, 1864  (Federalist Papers and Emancipation Proclamation)
[Abraham Lincoln], [March 21, 1856]  (Divorce Decree in case of Nancy McCrea vs. Charles McCrea; signed by David Davis)
Sandwich Massachusetts Citizens to Abraham Lincoln,  1861  (Petition; endorsed by Seth Ewer)

Sandwich Massachusetts Citizens to Abraham Lincoln, 1861 (Petition; ...

Public domain scan of manuscript related to Massachusetts, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Abraham Lincoln to Montgomery Blair, Friday, September 23, 1864  (Requests Blair's resignation)
Samuel B. Tobey,  et al. to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, January 02, 1861  (Citizens of Rhode Island recommend Thomas Jenckes for cabinet)
Cyrus W. Field to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, December 26, 1861  (Cover letter)
Abraham Lincoln to Thurlow Weed, Wednesday, October 14, 1863  (Apology)
Abraham's tea party: song & chorus by J.H. McNaughton.
Thomas A. Jenckes to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, September 11, 1862  (Raising of a black regiment)
Port Huron Michigan Citizens to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, May 02, 1862  (Petition recommending Franz Sigel)
[Abraham Lincoln, standing, full-length, facing right, holding rope of flag(?), arm upraised]

[Abraham Lincoln, standing, full-length, facing right, holding rope of...

G20505 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by the Gerlach-Barklow Co., Joliet, Illinois.

John W. Dawson to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, January 13, 1862  (Affairs in Utah Territory)
John W. Dawson to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, January 13, 1862  (Affairs in Utah Territory)
David C. Davis to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, August 14, 1860  (Sends campaign biography in Welsh)
[Abraham Lincoln and his son Tad looking at an album of photographs]

[Abraham Lincoln and his son Tad looking at an album of photographs]

"Retouched by Anthony Berger" printed bottom left for LC-USZ6-84. National Archives no. B-5737. Ostendorf, no. 93 (variant) Meserve, no. 39-A "Lincoln and Tad study a Brady album in this photograph by Anthony B... More

William C. Jewett to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, April 11, 1861  (Political advice)
[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right]

[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right]

Ostendorf, no. 16 Meserve, no. 8 The Library's copy negative LC-USZ62-11492 was made from a print in the collection of Mrs. Wm. Lloyd Garrison. "Lincoln posed for this portrait at the gallery of Cooke and Fass... More

Abraham Lincoln to James N. Brown, Monday, October 18, 1858  (Slavery)
Anonymous.  “A Citizen” to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, November 08, 1860  (Telegram reporting Lincoln was hanged in effigy)
A prayer to be said by all good citizens on the day of fasting & prayer, ordered by Abraham Lincoln. The prayer .... [n. p.] [186-].

A prayer to be said by all good citizens on the day of fasting & praye...

On verso: 589729 Mar. 19 '40 Rare Bk Rm. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 236, Folder 40.

Abraham Lincoln to William H. Seward, Tuesday, August 20, 1861  (Appointment of Zebina Eastman)
[Presidenet Abraham Lincoln, seated next to a table]

[Presidenet Abraham Lincoln, seated next to a table]

Photo shows President Abraham Lincoln in one of a series of six pictures taken on the day before the official opening of Alexander Gardner's new gallery. Reproduced from a sepia enlargement. (Source: Ostendorf,... More

[J. C. Buttre portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Based on a Brady photograph.]

[J. C. Buttre portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Based on a Brady photograph...

Public domain photograph of male portrait print, engraving, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Brady photograph of Abraham Lincoln.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

[Brady photograph of Abraham Lincoln.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Meserve no. 85. Copy of photograph. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated]

[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated]

Public domain photograph of 19th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Death and burial of Abraham Lincoln [Cut of Abraham Lincoln A nation mourns his loss! By Humanities [pseud] Air:- "Sweet home." Boston: Morrill, Pr. [1865].

Death and burial of Abraham Lincoln [Cut of Abraham Lincoln A nation m...

Poem of four stanzas.; 2582 E 8 12 Jy 46.; Rec. 7-18-46.; $6.00.; 5-31-46 pv; Goodspeed; 398 217; DCM 10 5-13-46 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images a... More

[Abraham Lincoln, seated and holding a book, with his son Tad (Thomas) leaning on a table]

[Abraham Lincoln, seated and holding a book, with his son Tad (Thomas)...

Photo by Alexander Gardner taken at Gardner's Gallery in Washington, DC, on Sunday, February 5, 1865. This last photo session from life was long thought to have happened on April 10, 1865, but more recent resea... More

Abraham Lincoln, Pres. U.S.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Abraham Lincoln, Pres. U.S.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Full lgth., seated, facing right; holding long sheets of paper on lap. Steel engraving after painting by Nast, copyrighted by Johnson, Fry & Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Capt... More

[Abraham Lincoln] - Public domain portrait painting

[Abraham Lincoln] - Public domain portrait painting

Print showing portrait of Abraham Lincoln, with beard. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[President Abraham Lincoln, oval bust portrait, facing right]

[President Abraham Lincoln, oval bust portrait, facing right]

Public domain photograph of 19th-century portrait, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Abraham Lincoln, seated in chair, full portrait]

[Abraham Lincoln, seated in chair, full portrait]

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[President Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders profile]

[President Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders profile]

Detail from carte de visite (Meserve no. 63) showing Lincoln seated next to a small table. Date from: Looking for Lincoln / Philip B. Kunhardt III. NY: Knopf, 2008, p. 468. Ostendorf, no. 61-B Meserve, no. 62 ... More

Southern Palestine, Hebron, Beersheba and Gaza area. Beersheba, Abraham's Well. General 26:15

Southern Palestine, Hebron, Beersheba and Gaza area. Beersheba, Abraha...

Public domain photograph of color slide, Israel, Palestine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Abraham Lincoln's return home - Victorian era public domain image

Abraham Lincoln's return home - Victorian era public domain image

After his successful campaign for the Presidency of the United States, in October, 1860. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Rees Print & Litho. Company.

James K. Moorhead to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, January 15, 1864  (Introduces Mrs. Fagan)
George A. S. Crooker to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, October 07, 1862  (Sioux uprising in Minnesota)
Levi Davis to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, March 02, 1849  (Legal Business)
Edward R. S. Canby to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, December 19, 1864  (Reply to Lincoln's letter of Sept. 21)
A. S. Plimpton to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, August 29, 1864  (Urges Lincoln to tour the North)
Abraham Baldwin and Benjamin Taliaferro to Thomas Jefferson, March 5, 1801
Zachariah Chandler to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, November 15, 1863  (Political affairs)
Jacob R. Freese to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, December 23, 1864  (Honorary degree from Princeton)
Ulysses S. Grant to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, July 20, 1863  (Introduces John A. Rawlins)
Denton Offutt to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, September 07, 1859  (with printed advertisement on phrenology of animals)
Smith & Lockwood to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, June 13, 1861  (Express receipt)
Cyrus W. Field to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, December 27, 1861  (Introduction)
Henry Foelke to Abraham Lincoln, February 1861  (Translation of German Poem welcoming Lincoln to Washington)

Henry Foelke to Abraham Lincoln, February 1861 (Translation of German...

Public domain scan of a poetry manuscript, poem, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Colonel Abraham Van Campen House, Old Mine Road, Millbrook, Warren County, NJ

Colonel Abraham Van Campen House, Old Mine Road, Millbrook, Warren Cou...

Significance: Colonel Abraham Van Campen was the first colonel of the French and Indian War in north Jersey, and was instrumental in the establishment of Montague Township in 1759. He built this one and a half ... More

Abraham Du Bois House, Frankfort, Somerset County, NJ

Abraham Du Bois House, Frankfort, Somerset County, NJ

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-265 Survey number: HABS NJ-334 Building/structure dates: 1757 Initial Construction

Granville Moody to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, March 27, 1865  (Appointment of Joseph Patterson; with resolutions from Piqua, Ohio meeting)
Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, January 01, 1863  (Final Emancipation Proclamation, Official Copy)
Oliver H. P. Parker to Abraham Lincoln, September 1860  (Slave Power conspiracy theory)
Thomas A. Jenckes to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, September 11, 1862  (Raising of a black regiment)
George T. Allen to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, January 23, 1864  (Support)
Emancipation of the slaves, proclamed [i.e. proclaimed] on the 22nd September 1862, by Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of North America

Emancipation of the slaves, proclamed [i.e. proclaimed] on the 22nd Se...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Waeshle, J. Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" at the Library of ... More

[President Abraham Lincoln's catafalque, New York City, N.Y., April 24 or 25, 1865]

[President Abraham Lincoln's catafalque, New York City, N.Y., April 24...

Public domain photograph of military parade, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alexander K. McClure to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, October 19, 1860  (Death of Douglas ticket in Pennsylvania)
Alexander K. McClure to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, October 19, 1860  (Death of Douglas ticket in Pennsylvania)
[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

"Copyright 1900 by M.P. Rice, Washn., D.C." bottom right. Original photograph by Alexander Gardner. Ostendorf, no. 77 (variant) Meserve, no. 59 Similar to portrait published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complet... More

Abraham Lincoln and his Emancipation Proclamation / The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati.

Abraham Lincoln and his Emancipation Proclamation / The Strobridge Lit...

Text of Emancipation Proclamation; with two U.S. flags and eagle over head-and-shoulders portrait of Abraham Lincoln and flanked by allegorical figures of Justice and Liberty. 6093 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyr... More

[Cort Theatre program for Drinkwater's play entitled, Abraham Lincoln.]

[Cort Theatre program for Drinkwater's play entitled, Abraham Lincoln....

Picryl description: Public domain American history related, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Abraham Lincoln / lith. & published by Edw. Mendel.

Abraham Lincoln / lith. & published by Edw. Mendel.

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[President Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

[President Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Abraham Lincoln, presidential candidate, half-length portrait, facing right]

[Abraham Lincoln, presidential candidate, half-length portrait, facing...

Photo of Lincoln made from a negative taken in Springfield, Illinois, by Alexander Hesler on June 3, 1860. One of several poses from that day. "Wrote Lincoln's law partner, William H. Herndon, 'There is the pec... More

[Abraham Lincoln, presidential candidate, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]

[Abraham Lincoln, presidential candidate, head-and-shoulders portrait,...

Photo shows Lincoln in a print made from a negative taken by Alexander Hesler, Springfield, Illinois, June 3, 1860. Lincoln said of this portrait: "That looks better and expresses me better than any I have ever... More

[Abraham Lincoln, seated next to small table, in a reflective pose, May 16, 1861]

[Abraham Lincoln, seated next to small table, in a reflective pose, Ma...

Copy of a photograph taken in 1861 at Mathew Brady's studio in Washington, D.C. Attribution to Brady and date from Looking for Lincoln: the making of an American icon / Philip B. Kunhardt, III. New York: Alfre... More

[Three-quarter length portrait of Presidenet Abraham Lincoln standing]

[Three-quarter length portrait of Presidenet Abraham Lincoln standing]

Illus. in: The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln / Frederick Hill Meserve. New York, Privately printed, 1911, p. 78. Ostendorf, no. 86 B Meserve, no. 76 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by ... More

[Houdini and the ghost of Abraham Lincoln]

[Houdini and the ghost of Abraham Lincoln]

Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologis... More

William H. Seward to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, April 01, 1861  (Memorandum: “Some thoughts for the President's consideration”)
George A. S. Crooker to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, October 07, 1862  (Sioux uprising in Minnesota)
Thomas A. Jenckes to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, December 01, 1860  (Lawyer wants to work for Lincoln Admin.)
Cyrus W. Field to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, December 14, 1861  (Cover letter)
Horace Greeley to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, February 06, 1865  (Requests exchange of Roger A. Pryor)
Death of Abraham Lincoln, April 15th 1865 / E.B. & E.C. Kellogg ; F.P. Whiting.

Death of Abraham Lincoln, April 15th 1865 / E.B. & E.C. Kellogg ; F.P....

Print shows Abraham Lincoln on his deathbed surrounded by large group of men, each identified on the print. No. 259. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, Library of Congress, 2005-2006.

Samuel F. B. Morse to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, November 14, 1862  (Telegram regarding sale of library)
Zebina Eastman to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, December 10, 1861  (Report from England)
Cyrus W. Field to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, December 26, 1861  (Cover letter)
[President Abraham Lincoln's hearse, Springfield] / S.M. Fassett, photographer, Chicago.

[President Abraham Lincoln's hearse, Springfield] / S.M. Fassett, phot...

Public domain image of horse carriage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, 19th century industry, factory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revol...

Public domain image with Picryl description as title Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arkansas Citizens to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, February 11, 1864  (Telegram requesting more time before the election)
J. Y. James and William M. Bohan to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, September 17, 1863  (Telegram offering brigade to resist French invasion of Texas)
[Abraham Lincoln while campaigning for the U.S. Senate, taken in Chicago, Illinois

[Abraham Lincoln while campaigning for the U.S. Senate, taken in Chica...

Original photograph: The original daguerreotype is at the Chicago Historical Society. Ostendorf, no. 6 Meserve, no. 3 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Roc... More

[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait. Copy of photo by Joseph Hill]

[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait. Copy of photo by Joseph...

Copy of a daguerreotype? "Because it was discarded in a woodshed, this faded photograph by Joseph Hill, Springfield, June 1860, escaped a blaze which destroyed all the photographs and negatives in Hill's galler... More

[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, half-length portrait, looking right, May 20,1860]

[Abraham Lincoln, candidate for U.S. president, half-length portrait, ...

Photo shows presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois, two days after he won his party's nomination. (Source: Ostendorf, p. 42-3.) Title devised by Library staff Previously attributed to W... More

Abraham Lincoln to Richard Yates, Monday, June 17, 1861  (Appointment of John Pope as brigadier general)
John B. Bradt to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, March 25, 1861  (Printed Receipt)
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